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| Vincent "Vince" Chase | |
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| Hometown: | Queens, New York |
| Age: | 29 to 30 |
| Known Relatives: | Rita Chase (mother) Johnny Drama (half-brother) |
| Profession: | Actor (Head On, Queens Boulevard, Aquaman, Medellín, Silo) |
| Significant Other: | Besides a brief relationship with Mandy Moore, Vince sticks to a string of one night stands. |
| Played by: | Adrian Grenier |
| Key Episode: | Entourage (Pilot) |
Vincent "Vince" Chase is a fictional character on the dramedy television series Entourage. He is played by Adrian Grenier.
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Fictional biography
Personal life
Vince grew up in Queens, New York, one of six children in the Chase family. Vince's father was an alcoholic, and his absence in the episode "Aquamom" suggests that he is dead or estranged from the family. Vince's older brother, Johnny "Drama" Chase, is also an actor and has been living in Hollywood for at least twelve years, but with considerably less success. Johnny and Vince live together in California, with the former financially dependent on the latter until later on in the show - Johnny was cast in a pilot series (Five Towns), while Vince invested the bulk of his personal fortune in a movie script (Medellin). Vince got his start in show business in an appearance in a Vicks commercial and was later discovered by Ari Gold during a Mentos TV advertisement. Vince often shows disdain for the money that rules Hollywood and shows a general appreciation for the art of cinema. Throughout the series, Vince talks about how he and his entourage are "living the life" after growing up with little money, at one point saying that "I came from nothing, and as much as I like the toys, I can live without them" when told that offers for him are drying up. He is eager to share the financial and social spoils of his current stardom with them, who he thinks of as his family. While at first glance it seems that his friends are just leeches, they prove to be the ones he can depend on through thick and thin. Vince's disdain for money may be why he has only done four movies in five years, as he seems to be against working more than three months a year. With a four-million-dollar home and expensive lifestyle, Vince may need to start working more or bankruptcy could be on the horizon for the young Hollywood star.
Career
Vincent "Vinnie" Chase is a young Hollywood movie star described as potentially the best young actor of his generation. His breakout role was as the lead in the film Head On, co-starring Jessica Alba. After Head On, he was offered a role in the action film Matterhorn, but he passed. Instead he chose to star in the independent film, Queens Boulevard, based on the advice of his manager and best friend "E". The film is about a man, presumably, running from the law in Queens, New York. It was directed by egotistical filmmaker, Billy Walsh. Queens Boulevard (or Q.B.) was submitted to The Sundance Film Festival upon completion, where it was well received, and even winning the Grand Jury Award that year. After the success of Q.B. Vince was offered the title role in the film Aquaman, which was to be directed by the master of big budget films, James Cameron. The movie became a massive success, making $116 million in ticket sales on its opening weekend, breaking the record set by Spider-Man. After the success of Aquaman, Vince was offered the role Pablo Escobar, in the bio-pic, Medellín, a film he discovered and wanted to do before Aquaman, and was set to be directed by Crash director Paul Haggis. But conflict arose when a sequel to Aquaman was greenlit with the exact same start date as Medellín. Medellín was the film Vince wanted to do, and while he did attempt to work out a deal to do both movies at once, the head of Warner Bros. reneged on his earlier promise to allow Vince to do Medellin. Vince held to his principles, and was subsequently replaced by Jake Gyllenhaal for the Aquaman sequel. During his trouble getting out of his Aquaman contract, Vince finds that he has already lost his role in Medellín to Benicio del Toro, now leaving him jobless. Vince then found a new project entitled I Wanna Be Sedated, a biopic about punk-rocker Joey Ramone and his band The Ramones. But after turmoil with the films producer, Bob Ryan, and Vince's agent, Ari Gold, the project was sold to Warner Bros., who refused to offer Vince another film for the rest of his career. This also led Vince to fire Ari Gold. His new agent, Amanda, found him a new project entitled The Glimpses of the Moon, an adaptation of the Edith Wharton novel, and to be directed by Sam Mendes. But soon Vince found that Medellín might still be possible to get from his former agent Ari. So in hopes of getting his dream project, Vince begins procrastinating on Glimpses. After officially receiving an offer for Medellín at the very last minute, complications in negotiations caused by them falling in the holiday of Yom Kippur, the film was dumped by the producer. After feeling Amanda let him down on this, Vince re-hires Ari Gold as his agent. This leads to negotiations of Vince buying the script for Medellín, which he was only able to do after selling his home. After having bought the script, this leads to negotiations with film producer Nick "Nicky" Rubenstein, to finance the project for $30 million dollars. Vince then chose Billy Walsh to direct, who at the time was now directing pornographic films under the alias Wally Balls. After the project was completed, Walsh submitted the movie to the Cannes Film Festival where it was accepted. After a trailer of Medellín made and leaked onto YouTube, people began to rave over the film. Hype began to build so greatly, that Vince and Walsh were offered the film adaption of the novel Lost in the Clouds. Preproduction on the film Lost in the Clouds began with Vince planned to star and Walsh to write/direct. But when Walsh wasn't able to adapt the novel, he began work on a script called Silo, a post-apocalyptic film set in the year 2075. After Ari somehow managed to sell the studio on the new project, Lost in the Clouds was dumped, and pre-production on Silo began. When the Cannes Film Festival finally came around, the hype for Medellín has grown so large that upon arrival, Vince and Walsh were receiving multi-million dollar offers for the film before it even premiered, the highest bidder being Yair Marx at 75 million dollars. But after the movie finally premiered, the reception in the theater was overwhelmingly negative. Marx withdrew his offer, but Harvey Weingaurd decided to buy, for 1 dollar. Adding a small bright side to things, Ari told Vince, "you should have seen Shakespeare in Love before Harvey got his hands on it." Vincent and the Boys along with Billy Walsh will be making Silo during the break between season 4 and season 5. Most likely we will see a premiere of it in the first few episodes or the premiere of Medellin fixed in threaters around the world.
Facts
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- Vincent has an office in the "Murphy Group" [Eric's company].
Inspiration
The character is named after the Hollywood acting coach who worked with Mark Wahlberg on (and appears in) the Bill Paxton feature Traveller. However, the character of Vincent Chase is loosely based on Mark Wahlberg himself. Wahlberg is an executive producer for Entourage and has achieved Hollywood success similar to the fictional success of Vincent. Vince's friend/personal assistant, Turtle, is based on Wahlberg's friend and former personal assistant Donny "Donkey" Carroll. Like Turtle, who moved to California from New York, NY's inner city (Queens, NY) with Vince, Donny followed Mark Wahlberg from Boston's inner city (Dorchester, MA) [1].
Fictional filmography
| Year | Title | Role | Other notes |
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| 1999 | Vicks Commercial (Television Commercial) | N/A | |
| ???? | Mentos Commercial (Television Commercial) | N/A | Agent Ari Gold first noticed Vince in this national commercial and has claimed it's when he first saw his potential as a star. |
| ???? | JAG | N/A (Guest star) | First paycheck with Ari; earned $668. |
| 2002 | A Walk to Remember | N/A | Had on-set affair with star Mandy Moore; shut down production for 2 days as a result. |
| 2004 | Head On | N/A | Co-starred with Jessica Alba |
| 2005 | Queens Boulevard | N/A | Won the Grand Jury Award at the Sundance Film Festival (fictional). The first film Vince did with director Billy Walsh. Vince and Billy later blocked the film's national release, due to changes made from the original cut that they were unhappy with.
Co-starring Ethan Suplee, also starring Katie Holmes, Zooey Deschanel, Louis Lombardi, Kelly Kruger, and Robert Duvall. |
| 2005 | Chinese Energy Drink Commercial (Television Commercial) | Un-named role | Vince was paid $500,000 for this commercial, never to be seen in the US. Directed by (fictional) Chinese film maker Chaing Chung. |
| 2006 | Aquaman | Aquaman/Arthur Curry | Broke the opening weekend records set by Spider-Man, earning $116 million upon opening. Co-starred with Mandy Moore and James Woods. Directed by James Cameron |
| 2007 | Medellín | Pablo Escobar | A movie chased down by Vince and his best friend/manager, Eric Murphy. This movie is the true story of Pablo Escobar's rise and fall. Directed by Billy Walsh. Premiered at Cannes Film Festival and was a huge flop. |
| 2008 | Silo | N/A | Announced. Set in 2075 in Nova Scotia, written and directed by Billy Walsh. |
References
External links
- Vincent Chase Official MySpace
- Vincent Chase Official HBO web page
- Entourage Official HBO web page
- Entourage Official MySpace
- Medellín Official web page
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| Main characters | Vincent Chase · Eric 'E' Murphy · Johnny "Drama" Chase · Turtle · Ari Gold |
| Other characters | Recurring characters · Guests and cameos |
